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people's democracy

people's democracy noun: a theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

Noun

people's democracy (countable and uncountable, plural people's democracies)

  1. A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

Forms of people's democracy

pluralpeople's democracies

Questions about people's democracy

What does people's democracy mean?
People's democracy means a theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.
What part of speech is people's democracy?
People's democracy is a noun.
What is the plural of people's democracy?
The plural of people's democracy is people's democracies.

Words near people's democracy in the dictionary

  1. people's armies
  2. people's army
  3. people's commune
  4. people's communes
  5. people's democracies
  6. people's democracy
  7. people's democratic
  8. people's democratic republic
  9. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  10. People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  11. People's Democratic Republic of Korea

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